by Kevin Bauder | Jan 26, 2017 | Ethics, New Testament, Problem Passages, Social Issues
This is an older treatment, but still useful. Daniel Wallace pinpoints the issues in 1 Timothy 2:12. The force of almost every word in 1 Timothy 2:12 has been debated. This brief paper will lay out the major interpretive issues involved, without commenting on...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Hamartiology, Problem Passages, Soteriology
According to Rolland McCune, There are nineteen biblical references to the hardening of Pharaoh, only four of which put Pharaoh himself as the active agent; the rest refer to God. This hardening, while divinely caused was simply divine withholding of the Spirit’s...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 1, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Hamartiology, Problem Passages, Soteriology
Here is what Rolland McCune says: Preterition is supported by the following texts. First, Jude warns his readers that “certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 1, 2016 | Marriage, Ministries, Pastoral Theology, Problem Passages
Jeff Hagan offers a useful survey of the issue. He follows with some reflections on divorce and remarriage for ministers–employing a non sequitur or two. Here is his main conclusion: If a man has to be married to hold a position in the church, then Paul would...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 1, 2016 | Christology, Problem Passages
Ever wonder about the seven Spirits before the throne of God (Rev. 1:4)? Or the seven Spirits of God possessed by Christ (Rev. 3:1)? Or the seven Spirits of God symbolized by the seven lamps of fire burning before the throne (Rev. 4:5)? Or the Lamb’s seven eyes...
